Millionaire trophy hunter gored to death by 1.3 tonne bull on African safari
metro.co.uk
Asher Watkins, 52, was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death, on Sunday when it suddenly charged at him at 35mph.
    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
      3·
      4 months ago

      With head, corpse, body, etc “The system detected potentially unsafe content. Please try again or adjust the prompt.”

      So adjust I did: with skull

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
    22·
    4 months ago

    Trophy hunting is, without question, one of the most vile, pathetic displays of small-minded vanity a man can engage in.

    Picture him in his trophy room, basking in his own imagined glory, mentally masturbating himself over the senseless killing of a completely innocent creature. It is revolting

    • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      4 months ago

      Darwinism works all ways. If we kill the harmless animals, we’re directly breeding more aggressive ones that will attack “unprovoked” because that’s what saved their lives.

      • Hobo@lemmy.world
        10·
        4 months ago

        That may be the case, but African Buffalo are like one of the most dangerous animals to humans on the planet. They have long had the nickname of “Black Death” and “Widowmaker” by the locals because they are so aggressive. The bachelor buffalo (older males that don’t travel with a herd anymore) are known to be the most dangerous. From the description that’s what it sounds like they were tracking. So one of those dudes killing the shit out of someone isn’t exactly uncommon even historically.

        Some cracker ass rich dude hunting them and then being killed by one is kind of fucking hilarious. Can you imagine this dipshit thinking that a buffalo wouldn’t trample the shit out of him cause his bank account had a bunch of 0’s? I just imagine him turning around as he’s being charged at and yelling, “You can’t do this I have money!”

  • nednobbins@lemmy.zip
    92·
    4 months ago

    As unlikable as this fellow may be, hunters are generally some of the strongest advocates for environmental protection.

    They generally aren’t completely stupid and they know that their hobby depends on a thriving ecosystem so they tend to take action to preserve them.